Rodrigo Nascimento will make his next PFL appearance in the
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The
Professional Fighters League has announced another fight for
its upcoming card in Chicago, a heavyweight showdown that will see
Rodrigo
Nascimento take on Slim
Trabelsi.
Both fighters find themselves ranked in the Top 10 of the
newly-released rankings for the PFL in 2026, with Nascimento coming
in at No. 6, while Trabelsi is listed two spots behind him at No. 8
in the division.
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The 33-year old Nascimento has competed twice in the PFL. He made
his promotional debut in 2025, where he would go 1-1 in the
tournament. His most recent fight was a loss to Oleg Popov.
Nasicmento is also a veteran of
Dana White’s Contender Series under the
UFC umbrella, where he won a contract in 2019. He would go on
to compete for the promotion eight times, finishing with a 4-3
record with one no contest in that span.
Trabelsi will be looking to get back into the win column, having
dropped his last two combat sports competitions to recent PFL
debutant Pouya
Rahmani in both MMA and grappling. The loss to Rahmani was the
first loss of Trabelsi’s career, as he has picked up wins under
both the Bellator and PFL banners.
Updated PFL Chicago Card
Sergio
Pettis vs. Mitchell
McKee — bantamweight
Jordan
Newman vs. Joshua
Silveira — middleweight
Raufeon
Stots vs. Renat
Khavalov — bantamweight
Gabriel
Braga vs. Mehdi
Baydulaev — featherweight
Jena
Bishop vs. Borena
Tsertsvadze — flyweight
Rodrigo
Nascimento vs. Slim
Trabelsi — heavyweight
Omar El
Dafrawy vs. James Vake —
welterweight
Biaggio
Ali Walsh vs. Dashiande
Harris-Moore — lightweight
Valanti
Atsas vs. Nate
Jennerman — welterweight